Walter Sargent

About

I am a quality-conscious, creative problem-solver. I like to make ’smart’ PHP websites. I look for ways to make them more robust, easier to maintain, snap-together, and foolproof. I look at proven solutions and adapt them to the business requirements. I don’t make technical decisions blithely. I like to understand the problem and solution thoroughly, including the history of the problem.

The term "lazy programmer" is a bit misleading. A lazy programmer is one who does not like to solve the same problem again and again, so he or she is really an economical programmer. Very often, a solution solves one problem and creates another. Dispensing with all of that is the wrong kind of laziness.

I am also a creative guy, musical, artistic, and have a good sense of humor. You’d never know it looking at my HTML, though.

PROFESSION

Employers

I have worked for several well-known technology producers and innovators in both public and private sectors, including software/hardware, communications, defense, research and education.

Education

B.S.E.E. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Graduate studies in software and control systems engineering from Polytechnic University.

PASSION

Music

I have a life-long passion for music, especially composition and songwriting.